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“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action,” Rosenstein said, according to Newsweek. According to The Hill, Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement that the inspector general will examine whether any evidence exists to suggest “potential criminal conduct.” The probe will focus on whether or not the FBI engaged in any political motivation or impropriety in the way it conducted its investigation into potential Russian election interference. The new probe will build on the investigation into the FBI’s alleged misconduct in obtaining a FISA warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Rosenstein’s statement came amid Trump’s tweet demanding that his administration investigate whether the “FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes”: I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a few jabs at President Donald Trump and explained that she’s still dealing with the election loss during a commencement address at her alma mater, Yale Law School. Clinton opened her speech by expressing her joy for the soon-to-be graduates, even for the “three of you who live in Michigan and didn’t request your absentee ballots in time.” In keeping with the tradition of wearing fancy and funky hats, the former secretary of state brought one of her own — a Russian one. “If you can’t beat em, join em,” she told the crowd. Clinton reflected on her time at the school, when there were very few women in attendance, and her early meetings with her future husband, former President Bill Clinton. She applauded Yale’s acapella group, the Whiffenpoofs, for going from an all-male group to a co-ed organization and used the moment to joke about her email controversy. “As for my long lost Whiffs audition tape, I have buried it so deep, not even W...

Mark Penn — Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist during her 2008 presidential campaign who has served the Clinton family since the mid-90s — lowers the boom on Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Christopher Steele, the Clinton Foundation, and the intelligence community’s “deep state,” laying out the absurdity and the danger of the Obama administration’s abuse of surveillance and law enforcement against political enemies. From The Hill: The “deep state” is in a deep state of desperation. With little time left before the Justice Department inspector general’s report becomes public, and with special counsel Robert Mueller having failed to bring down Donald Trump after a year of trying, they know a reckoning is coming. At this point, there is little doubt that the highest echelons of the FBI and the Justice Department broke their own rules to end the Hillary Clinton “matter,” but we can expect the inspector general to document what was done or, more pointedly, not done. It is hard to see how...

Last week, reports indicated Stefan Halper, a Cambridge professor and longtime aide to some of Washington’s most powerful figures, was outed as an FBI informant planted inside Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The New York Post writes: Halper made his first overture when he met with Page at a British symposium. The two remained in regular contact for more than a year, meeting at Halper’s Virginia farm and in Washington, DC, as well as exchanging emails. The professor met with Trump campaign co-chair Sam Clovis in late August, offering his services as a foreign-policy adviser, The Washington Post reported Friday, without naming the academic. … Days later, Halper contacted Papadopoulos by e-mail. The professor offered the young and inexperienced campaign aide $3,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to London, ostensibly to write a paper about energy in the eastern Mediterranean region. Here are a few fast facts about Halper’s history in politics. Got His Start in Nixon/Ford ...

ProPublica reports the Republican National Committee (RNC) has set yet another fundraising record, while the Democratic National Committee (DNC) registered its lowest figure in April during a midterm election cycle since 2006. In the same month, the report reveals the DNC had expenditures totaling $8.3 million and finished up with $8.7 million in cash. The party currently owes $5.3 million. DNC reports raising $7.8 million in April, lowest midterm figure for that month since 2006. Spent $8.3 million and ended month with $8.7 million in cash. Has $5.3 million in debts: https://t.co/d9421PHHK7 pic.twitter.com/t4bOwInidx — Derek Willis (@derekwillis) May 21, 2018 One million dollars was wired from the party’s “building account,” to the “main federal account,” Derek Willis of ProPublica points out. The DNC paid RWT Production, LLC, a Virginia-based “direct mail production management company,” $304,541.77. It also looks like $1 million of that was a transfer between the building a...

As people around the world celebrate the marriage of the United Kingdom’s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, the Rev. Al Sharpton was reportedly busy celebrating the death of “white male supremacy.” Speaking during his weekly National Action Network rally, the New York Daily News noted that Sharpton brought up the fact that Markle is biracial, adding that her marrying into Britain’s royal family is a huge milestone for people of color — one that, according to him, marks the end of white supremacy. The Archbishop of Canterbury joins the couple's right hands together and proclaims them husband and wife #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/KOVegcknHw — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 19, 2018 “When you got little white girls in Wales saying, ‘I want to be like Meghan,’ there’s a shift worldwide that white male supremacy is on its last breath,” Sharpton said before continuing: “When you have little white girls in Arkansas look up and say, ‘I want to be beautiful and...

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton donned a Russian fur hat Sunday and took a very public swipe at President Donald J. Trump over accusations his campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 election outcome. Speaking to Yale students at Class Day, she honoured a university tradition of donning unusual headware by displaying a traditional Russian ushanka hat as she delivered a public shot at her vanquisher. “If you can’t beat them, join them,” Clinton quipped to the crowd before quickly adding, “I see looking out at you that you are following the tradition of over-the-top hats. So I brought a hat, too. A Russian hat.” Clinton took a serious turn in her address by admitting that the loss to her Republican opponent still rankled. Hillary Clinton makes remarks at Class Day at Yale University.(Courtesy: Yale University) Posted by Fox News on Sunday, May 20, 2018 “No, I’m not over it,” she said. “I still think about the 2016 election, I still regret the mistake...